May 19, 2013

Seven billion – BBC brings some welcome balance to the population debate

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  According to the BBC, when I was born, I was the 2,909,761,661st person alive on Earth and the 76,445,556,695th person to have lived since history began. You can calculate your own number on line and if you put in today’s date you … [Read more...]

New test highlights a stark paradox at the heart of prenatal testing

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It is easy to garner opposition to prenatal testing and abortion of fetuses found with a duplicate X-chromosome in each cell.  This is a condition commonly diagnosed as “female.” The testing of a fetus to find out its sex, with the aim of … [Read more...]

Abortion for Down’s Syndrome – tragic story, review of trends and personal reflections

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There was a tragic story in the Daily Mail yesterday titled ‘Having an amnio test ruined my life’. It relates the testimony of Marie Ideson who was coerced by doctors into having an abortion for her 16 week old baby with Down’s Syndrome, a … [Read more...]

Population control lobby seeks to impose its agenda rather than addressing the real causes of poverty

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The world’s population is due to pass seven billion on 31 October and campaigners for population control are again using it as an opportunity to promote their agenda. Back in February 2009 Jonathon Porritt (pictured), former chairman of the UK … [Read more...]

The false prophets of the population control lobby and their appalling track record

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On 31 October when the world’s population reaches seven billion we will be subjected to a whole host of alarmist reports about impending disaster - through overcrowding, disease and environmental destruction - and the population control lobby, … [Read more...]